Netanyahu reportedly weighing short ceasefire, a key US request

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

A woman walks carrying an infant in the playground of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) that has been converted into a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25, 2023. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
A woman walks carrying an infant in the playground of a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) that has been converted into a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25, 2023. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is weighing US requests for a short humanitarian ceasefire, the Hebrew-language Kan News reports.

An Israeli official says a ceasefire of several hours is possible.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due in Israel tomorrow to discuss a ceasefire, among other issues.

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